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Ngwa, Oneurine B. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In recent years, privatization has been a growing phenomenon in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is viewed as an instrument used by the public sector to reduce the role of the state in the economies while enhancing the scope of private ownership and participation of goods and services (Akram et al, 2011). Researchers have noted that the telecommunication…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Privatization, Equipment, Ownership
Mendoza, Kathryn – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Bright Horizons, a private school located in Florida, specializes in working with students of varying exceptionalities and is founded on the principles of action research. It began as an effort to create an alternative educational opportunity for a few specific children and grew into a special education school open to the community. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Privatization, Special Education, Private Schools
Pecora, Albert J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Due to a diminishing level of available funds, school leaders are faced with difficult decisions associated with reducing budget expenditures. The only way to prevent losing more programs and services is to reduce spending. An area which is quickly gaining popularity in reducing expenditures is outsourcing. Many schools have turned to outside…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Outsourcing, Qualitative Research, Focus Groups
Okur Dincsoy, Meltem – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The remarkable development in ICT (Information and Communication Technology) was observed in the past decades that it has an increasing impact on economic and social activities in the world. ICT have had a significant role in the economic growth for developed and developing countries. The countries have been very dynamic in recent years in East…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Privatization, Income, Multiple Regression Analysis
Smith, Matthew David – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Advocates of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) often champion a neoliberal agenda of privatization, deregulation, the mass firings of teachers and administrators, and takeovers of schools deemed to be "failing." School takeovers are sanctioned under the No Child Left Behind Act's Corrective Action measures, in which schools…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Educational Change, Change Strategies
McKinney, Judith A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study, The Privatization of Special Education, addresses a shift in the provision of special education and related services to students with disabilities in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Students with disabilities are being publicly placed in private day and residential schools at public expense. In Virginia, 125 private schools are licensed…
Descriptors: Private Education, Privatization, Special Education, Disabilities
Sudi, Linda – ProQuest LLC, 2010
United States (U.S.) federal agencies and other organizations are turning to Information Technology (IT) as a strategy for improving business productivity. Despite the rapid growth of outsourcing, few studies have been conducted on the effect of outsourcing on employees who remain with the company. In the current qualitative study, the effect of…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Content Analysis, Public Agencies, Employee Attitudes
Winkle, Carter Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Host universities of Intensive English Programs (IEPs) commonly found on university campuses as a means to preparing English language learners (ELL) for tertiary education are being targeted by for-profit educational service providers for privatized partnerships. Partnership agreements generally include provisions for assumption of international…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English for Academic Purposes, Universities, Privatization
Burnett, Brian D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examines and chronicles the change in public funding for postsecondary education in Colorado from 1970 to 2010. Colorado was ranked sixth among states in per capita funding for public higher education in 1970 and declined to 48th in 2010. The study analyzed state appropriations over this time period in five broad categories of spending:…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Privatization, Elementary Secondary Education, Courts
Howe-Barksdale, Sydney – ProQuest LLC, 2007
Globalization and privatization have begun to destabilize the patterns of university professional work and campus community. African American Women Administrators battle the unique challenges of racial and gender discrimination as well as the intersection of these issues. AAWAs face feelings of isolation and lack of trust, and struggles over power…
Descriptors: Females, Global Approach, Gender Discrimination, Women Administrators
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